Macro & Credit Research Economist

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PlaidSan Franciscofull-time

Tech Stack

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with large-scale, messy transaction data to build transformations, filters, and statistical frameworks to extract reliable economic and credit-cycle signals.
  • Develop forecasting models that quantify household financial conditions, credit dynamics, and broader economic trends, emphasizing real-world performance and interpretability.
  • Identify leading indicators and turning points across liquidity, spending patterns, credit behavior, income stability, and other elements of household financial resilience.
  • Build methodologies that detect changes in economic regimes and risk conditions based on high-frequency data.
  • Produce rigorous backtests, scenarios, and real-time indicators that inform internal strategic decisions and external-facing research.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance

Culture

Cross-Functional TeamsMission-DrivenDiverse LeadershipInclusive Hiring

Requirements

Required: PhD in Economics or equivalent quantitative field
Regions: Canada, Europe, Uk, Us

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